Between January 1 and March 21 this year, crews have been called out to the Co Armagh hospital 27 times to deal with a variety of incidents.

According to the figures released to this website by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS), during those 27 incidents, 39 fire appliances in total and 8 Flexi officers were tasked.

The NIFRS also detailed the cost of the call-outs during the same period, which amounted to £63,535.

A spokesman for the Fire Service said: "NIFRS generally does not cost their mobilised calls on an itemised basis. The costs are based on the average mobilisation cost per station where each incident occurred, calculated on a full cost recovery basis."

No breakdown has been given of the type of incidents that were attended but just last month, the Trust were forced to temporarily close the hospital for a number of hours,while fire crews dealt with a suspected gas leak .

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At the time, a spokesman for the Southern Trust said: "The gas leak incident is over. The CAH site has re-opened and is working as normal. Thank you for your understanding and sorry for any inconvenience."

In February, fire crews were also called to the hospital to deal with thick smoke that filled the large basement of the hospital where hundreds of gas tanks and bottles are stored.

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service described it as "minor incident" and the Southern Trust said the Fire Service was called "as a precaution".

A spokesman said: "The situation is under control. No patients have been affected and there is no need for alarm."

A patient was also doused in raw sewage during what was the second major leak within a year.

Last January raw sewage overflowed into the maternity and ante-natal reception area of the same hospital.

The Trust apologised for the incident at the time, describing it as 'distressing'.